Federal · Statewide General Election
United States Representative, District 20
Draft candidate list — early preview until the state’s official list publishes on August 27, 2026.
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On the ballot
- Sandra Van Scotter — Democratic
- Vince Fong — Republican
This person holds your district's seat in the U.S. House of Representatives (2-year term).
Representative Vince Fong took 68.2% of the June 2 vote and Democrat Sandra Van Scotter took 28.8%. The district covers Kern County and part of the southern San Joaquin Valley.
The winner holds one of 435 seats in the U.S. House for a two-year term. A member introduces bills, sits on committees that shape federal legislation, votes on the federal budget and on war powers, and handles casework between constituents and federal agencies. A member of the minority party has less control over what reaches a vote.
The incumbent has served since 2024 and draws the majority of his funding from committees. His opponent raised about one percent as much, more than half of it her own money. The practical question is what this district gets from a safe seat.
Vince Fong
Republican, the sitting Representative for this district since 2024. He raised $1,849,356, of which $894,497 came from PACs and committees and $784,600 from individuals. He took more than two-thirds of the June vote.
Strengths
A comfortable hold on the seat and a substantial individual donor base alongside the committee money.
Trade-offs
A majority of his funding came from PACs and committees rather than individuals.
Keep in mind
He has held the seat since 2024, so his federal record is still short.
Sandra Van Scotter
Democrat, who advanced with 28.8% of the June vote. She raised $17,086, of which $9,907 is her own money. She has not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress.
Strengths
She took nearly three in ten votes on a campaign of about $17,000.
Trade-offs
More than half her funding is her own, and she has no record in office to be judged on.
Keep in mind
Coverage surfaced almost no biographical or platform detail about her. That gap is what was available to us on 2026-08-10, not a comment on her candidacy.
Record in office
Vince Fong (Republican) has served in the U.S. House since 2024 and has sponsored 15 bills in the 119th Congress; none of their bills have become law so far. Sandra Van Scotter has not served in the California Legislature or U.S. Congress; these records cover only those offices. Per Congress.gov and the public-domain congress-legislators roster, retrieved 2026-08-10.
Record details
Fong — Committees: Homeland Security; Science, Space, and Technology; Transportation and Infrastructure Committee assignments and the most recently signed-into-law bills each record-holder lead-authored, from the official legislative record.
Financial info
- Individuals
- PACs & committees
- Self-funding
Sandra Van Scotter
$17,086 raised
- Individuals$7,17942%
- Self-funding$9,90758%
Vince Fong
$1,849,356 raised
- Individuals$784,60047%
- PACs & committees$894,49753%
1Total raised is all receipts for the 2026 cycle; the breakdown lists direct contributions, so the pieces can sum below the total. Figures are FEC filings through June 30, 2026, per the FEC bulk campaign-finance summaries, retrieved 2026-08-22.
June 2 primary — how they advanced
Source review: Very strong (95/100) · 5 cited sources
Official records anchor this contest, with multiple sources checked.
- sos.ca.gov (opens in a new tab)CA Secretary of State — Statement of Vote, June 2, 2026 primary (certified 2026-07-10)
- ballotpedia.org (opens in a new tab)Ballotpedia — June 2026 California primary
- unitedstates.github.io (opens in a new tab)congress-legislators — current members of Congress (unitedstates project)
- api.congress.gov (opens in a new tab)Congress.gov — member sponsored legislation (Library of Congress)
- fec.gov (opens in a new tab)FEC — 2026 House & Senate current-campaign financial summaries (bulk data)
Last updated August 11, 2026.